Human beings are wired for prayer, sometimes as a last resort crying out for help to bring divine results that mean excellency as well as hope. Praying is doing what comes naturally.
However, when people pray for winning a war the petition is political, not a divine supplication for excellency.
According to those who wrote the New Testament, Jesus said go into closet when you pray. Don't be like the Pharesees who pray publicly and obstensivly, like Paul who was a member of that sect.
Today politicians twist prayers that are private into public demonstrations to prolong more soldiers being killed by war torn boots on the ground. A politician must put his own feet into boots of soldiers and experience the devastation that shatters their minds from shell shock, what in turn fuels combat solders and veterans to commit suicide.
helenesmith1.blogspot.com a musician who has marched in veteran's parades for decades
